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Flags are flying high and proud around all over London this weekend! This year’s London Pride numbers are expected to rise to nearly a million!

We’ve come far since the first gay pride march in 1972. On the 1st July 1972, was the first freedom movement of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and less than a thousand people marched in the parade. Many felt ashamed of their sexuality and being gay was very much kept in the closet and subject to public abuse. In the 70s, it was more of a protest against discrimination, than the celebration of unity, that it is today.

Thankfully in 2017, we are evolving into a more accepting and open society. The legalisation of same sex marriage, openly LGBT celebrities, the LGTB film festival, the LGTB community is celebrated and supported worldwide! London Pride is the biggest pride event in the UK so make your way down to the parades, parties, cabaret and craziness this Saturday and Sunday. Celebrate LGTB rights, equality and love!

The London Pride parade starts at 1pm on 8th July across Central London. Alternatively, the iconic dating show Blind Date is airing its first LGBT episode this Saturday night on Channel 5. Enjoy some cheesy flirting and classic catchphrases!

Self-deprecation is the best way to get through life. We think quotes should be a little more realistic, here's some of the best. B*llshit quotes about strength, hard work and courage are all well and good, but they don't really apply to our everyday lives.

We came up with some alternatives, that will make you laugh in the painful "oh god I wish I didn't relate to this so much"...

1) "You have as many hours in a day as Beyonce, what you don't have are the looks, money or talent"

2) "Before I have coffee I'm an d*ck, after coffee I'm a d*ck with energy"

3) "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven? Because they wouldn't let you in because you're a terrible person?"

4) "There's someone for everyone, except for you".

5) "It's not Monday that sucks, it's your life".

6) "Relationships are like fine wine, they're expensive and eventually you just end up with a headache".

7) "I'm late because I didn't want to come"

8) "Looking at inspirational quotes to feel better is like looking at a treadmill to lose weight"

9) "If you love something, set it free, or on fire"

10) "Eat like no one is going to see you naked. Because they probably won't"

11) "There's no 'I' in team, but there is a 'U' in 'f*cked up"

12) "Everyday is just another chance to screw everything up again"

13) "It's the weekend. Go do something you'll regret"

14) "Dating is a fun way of finding a new person to destroy emotionally"

15) "Sorry I didn't respond to your text, I just don't care about your feelings".

Is he 'the one'? What even is 'the one'? Is the idea of having a perfect match, one 'love of your life', 'Mr Right' a little outdated? Well, yes, the Disney version is. Hate to break it to you but you're unlikey to find your soul mate the first time round. You'll kiss (bang) a few frogs, settle for a couple of safe bets and get your heart broken by a love rat, but there is still hope.

Think of 'the one' as being 'the right one' rather than 'the perfect one'. Because there's no such thing as perfect. You're not a Disney Princess- that sounds harsh, but you ain't. Can you talk to animals, swing down buildings by your hair or heal broken legs with your magic locks? Nah, you can't. And if you could you'd hopefully be a superhero not some princess searching for their prince. So, since you're not a Disney Princess, you're not going to find your Prince Charming.

The one, in reality, is your best friend who you'd happily spend the rest of your life with- there will be fights, tears and heartbreak, but if they're the one you'll both love and support each other through it all.

1. You Make Sacrifices For Each Other

You make sacrifices for one another, and your life together, but never try and change each other.

2. You Feel Comfortable Planning

The thought of planning a holiday with your last fella filled you with dread, but with this one you're happy to make plans months, christ even years, into the future.

3. You Share Similar Values

No, this doesn't mean you have to agree on everything. After all, opposites do attract, but only in regards to personality quirks and passions, not core values. If you don't agree on kids/marriage/politics and other big lifestyle factors, then you won't work out. It's all well and good loving one another, but if one of you sees kids as a deal breaker and the other doesn't then maybe it's time to face the music.

4. Love Is The Easy Party

He's the one when you realise that being in love is the easy part, and the rest of having a relationship is the hard part. It's the daily squabbles about washing up, bills and who last cleaned the bathroom that take work, if he's the one then the loving and supporting one another is the easy part, and life is the hard bit.

5. He's Your Bestie

You tell him everything, you don't keep secrets, you're not embarrassed to express your feelings and he's the first person you want to tell about your day. Grab onto that kind of love, it'll last a lot longer than the dude with really good abs who doesn't care about that amazing sandwich you ate for lunch.

No-one's perfect, but that's no excuse to be unreasonably jealous. Us girls are out here tryna shake the 'psycho girlfriend' tag, so help the team and reign in your jealous behaviour a little. If you do these 6 things, then you are a jealous girlfriend. And no, not the kind of jealous where it's justified or shows you care, the kind where 'stalker' pops to mind.

1. You FB Stalk Every Girl He's Dated

...and you stalk them on a regular basis. If you know she went to Paris this weekend, then you've gone way too far. A inquisitive look on your significant other's ex girlfriend's page is normal, not healthy, but normal- to check it daily, and find out even detail about her isn't. There's a reason she's in the past, and that they're not together anymore, so give yourself more credit.

2. You Check When He's Online

WhatsApp and FB messenger are your BFFs because they tell you when he was last active, and therefore if he's ignoring you. Ok, he shouldn't be avoiding your convos but maybe it's for innocent reasons. Or maybe it's because you're an OTT jealous GF who won't let him live.

3. You Lie To Make Him Jealous

So in reality the only guy who hit on you today was the homeless dude who hangs around your neighbourhood, but the version you tell him, it may as well have been Brad Pitt's younger, better looking, brother. Or you lie and say your ex has hit you up. He should already know how lucky he is, jealousy isn't the right way to bring that out of him. Would it make you feel lucky if his ex wanted him back? Or would it make you feel insecure and angry? Yeah, thought so.

4. You Read Into Everything He Does

A friend of mine legitimately uses the 'Find Your Friends' app to stalk her boyfriend's whereabouts. She plans how long his journey home takes to make sure he isn't lying about where he's been. Seriously, not normal or ok. Your other half has a life, and you need to let them live. Imagine how annoying and controlling it would be if someone asked you 100 questions every time you went to the shops.

5. You've Created Fake Profiles

Please, please, please don't do this. If you don't trust them to this extent then the relationship is never going to work, and you need to call it quits. And work on yourself. Seriously.

6. You Snoop

Looked through his phone multiple times? Even rummaged through his trash? Get excited when you get the opportunity to do these things? Then take a long hard look at yourself, because you need a reality check. This is invasion of privacy. This is you ruining the trust, not him.

The green-eyed monster is not a cute look, yes we're all guilty of occasionally getting carried away but if these 6 points are familiar to you, and frequent, then you're an out of control jealous girlfriend. Check yo'self before you wreck yo'self babe.

If you've clicked on this article because you think you might be dating a f*ck boy, then you probably are. But don't worry gal, it's happened to the best of us. Make absolutely sure by seeing which of these 10 tell tale signs your other half is guilty of:

1. He doesn't believe in labels.

You'll see each other most evenings, you've met his parents and friends but he doesn't call you his girlfriend. Even though you are, apart from you're not. You'll tell yourself he got hurt in a past relationship, or that it's better because there's less pressure and you can just chill.

No hu-uunny. No. He does this, so that when you see him texting another girl, you can't freak out because you're not technically official or exclusive. Plus, it means he doesn't have to take any responsibility because you "were never officially together".

2. He is a completely different person with his friends.

Everyone changes their personality slightly depending on who they're around, for instance I try and control my swearing when I'm with the grandparents. But the fella you're dating changes his personality completely. In private he might be sweet, caring and not an absolute douche. Yet when he's with his friends he turns into an idiot.

Lad culture is not ok, and if he becomes an ignorant arse when around his 'boys', get out. You'll tell yourself that the real him is the one you see in private, but you don't know that. If he has that side to him, then girl, you don't want that in your life.

3. In public he acts like he barely knows you.

A classic f*ck boy move is to not introduce you to people when you're out together, or call you his "friend". You need a partner who wants to scream your name from the rooftops.

4. Every single one of his ex's he calls "crazy".

He thinks all his ex girlfriends were psychopaths, and that nothing that happened in his past relationships were his fault. Yet when you meet one of them she seems lovely, or friends of friends vouch that she's sane and just doesn't like being cheated on. They all wronged him in some way, and he acts like the victim. Gal, hate to break it to you, but mathematically they probably weren't all crazy, maybe he is...

5. He has zero ambition.

He may have a job, but he hates it and blames the world for that fact. It's not his fault that he flunked his degree or hasn't been promoted- no it's the evil, cruel world that's victimising him.

6. He is obsessed with how many people you've slept with.

He brags openly that he has bedded dozens of lady friends. You on the other hand don't see the point of 'numbers', because you are a functioning human being who has mentally matured over the age of 16. However, he won't drop it.

If you cave and tell him, no number will ever be right. 2 and he'll call you a prude, 20 and he'll say some disgusting quote like "A key that opens many locks is a good key, but a lock that is opened by many keys is a bad key". Literally doesn't that saying just make you want to vomit and despair for the world.

7. He uses the word "slut".

This rule doesn't just apply to f*ck boys, if anyone in your life uses the word "slut" then cut them off. Honestly, just not ok. Side note, he will not hesitate in calling a woman a "slut" and branding her actions wrong but in the same vein will boast about all the "sluts he's banged".

8. He is weirdly possessive with his phone.

Phones are private, and yes you should never break that trust and look through someone's phone. However, being jumpy every time he gets a text, shielding his password like he's typing in his pin at a cash point and taking it literally everywhere with him is not normal behaviour. F*ck boy alert.

9. He goes M.I.A a lot.

Sometimes he'll just randomly not speak or see you for a week at a time, and then pop back up in your life. Or never pop back up and then you find out he has a new girlfriend. Yeah, he's weighing up his options and keeping you in his roster. What a f*uck boy move.

10. He asks for nudes a lot and sends unsolicited dick pics.

A classic f*ck boy tactic, why is this still a thing? I'm pretty sure an unsolicited dick pic has never worked on a woman. Also, if he's asking you for nudes he is probably asking 20 other girls too in the hopes that one of them responds. Ew.

Any or most of these sound familiar? Then you, my friend, have got a f*ck boy on your hands. Once a f*ck boy, always a f*ck boy. So get rid, or just link him this article and I'm sure he'll get the picture...

Valentine's Day can be shit. We've all been there- single, sad and drunk. But these stories courtesy of Reddit (of course) really make your bad V-day look like a walk in the park...

1. "I'm single. On Valentine's day this year I treated myself to a new vibrator and got a bad UTI from using it. Last year my date turned down a blow job mid-blow job and told me he wanted to be friends" - happy_valentines_day

2. "Last Valentine's Day, my husband told me he had never loved me. It was the day that started our separation. On his way home back to another state, he stopped by and saw his ex" - kb13733

3. "Mine is from three years ago when my then boyfriend had to run into his house to get something after we were done with dinner, and I thought he was getting me something nice like chocolate or a stuffed animal...and he ended up coming out with some acne medication that he thought would help me. I said, "I don't think this is the right day to give me this..." - thehappyhaps

4. "I was married 2/14/87. I was served divorce papers 2/14/2010. Fuck Valentines day forever man" - JenBubbie

5. "I brought myself flowers because I knew my BF at the time wouldn't do it. Instead of thinking 'I should try not to be a douchebag all the time and maybe be a little more romantic', he got mad at me wanting flowers in the first place". - waddupcheese

6. "So here I am, a 20 year old socially awkward swede with barely any experience with girls. However, for some strange reason yesterday (13th) I grew the balls to ask a girl out for Valentines. Not only did she say yes, she ended up going home with me and spent the night. This is where the story begins...See, some of you redditors believe you are socially awkward, allow me to laugh. The first time I share my bed with a girl, I end up dreaming about going to the bathroom to pee. "What's this warm sensation?" I ask myself. "My waist is so warm!". Suddenly wake up from girl shouting and yelling....Oh god, I had PEED MY FUCKING BED. I'M TWENTY YEARS OLD AND I JUST WET MY BED. please allow me to die". - sociallyawkwardvikin

So, there you have it. Have these made you feel better about yourself?

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Tom Hiddleston has finally broken his silence on his relationship with Taylor Swift, in a candid interview with GQ. Read the following extract, and prepare to fall in love with Tom *even* more...

“Taylor is an amazing woman,” reads the prepared statement Tom Hiddleston has memorized and is now giving me at The Bull & Last, where his voice has gone low. “She’s generous and kind and lovely, and we had the best time.” But I didn’t ask that, I say. I asked something else.

So I wait, and he says, “Of course it was real.”

“The truth is, it was the Fourth of July and a public holiday and we were playing a game and I slipped and hurt my back. And I wanted to protect the graze from the sun and said, ’Does anyone have a T-shirt?’ And one of her friends said, ’I’ve got this.’ ”

The friend pulled out the "I ♥ T.S." tank top that Taylor’s friends are contractually obligated to own. “And we all laughed about it. It was a joke.” So that’s his statement on the entire relationship: an explanation of the tank top. “It was a joke,” he repeats. “Among friends.”

“I have to be so psychologically strong about not letting other people’s interpretations about my life affect my life. A relationship exists between two people. We will always know what it was. The narratives that are out there altogether have been extrapolated from pictures that were taken without consent or permission, with no context. Nobody had the context for that story. And I’m still trying to work out a way of having a personal life and protecting it, but also without hiding. So the hardest thing is that that was a joke among friends on the Fourth of July.”

He still isn’t looking at me. The last piece of my steak is now poised on his fork in mid-air. He is so sad, and I can’t take it anymore, so I put my hand on his and I say, “Tom, Tom, it’s okay. You don’t have to talk about the tank top anymore. I got it. I understand. I’ll tell the world.”

But he can’t stop talking about it. He literally cannot stop talking about it. “I don’t know,” he says. “I just, I was surprised. I was just surprised that it got so much attention. The tank top became an emblem of this thing.” It’s hard to tell me this, he says. He wants to trust me. He wants to trust that the world won’t use this to embarrass him again, but he doesn’t know. He just knows it will follow him until he talks about it. And anyway, none of this has anything to do with the person he fell in love with.

“I only know the woman I met. She’s incredible.” But, man, all those cameras. “A relationship in the limelight… A relationship always takes work. A relationship in the limelight takes work. And it’s not just the limelight. It’s everything else.” He wanted a regular relationship. So did she, he says she said. “So we decided to go out for dinner, we decided to travel.”

See the photos from his GQ interview in the gallery above, and shop his look below...

Showing someone the best version of yourself is an old tactic. In the current political climate just be straight up about what you dislike.

In the Tinder-dating world, you put your best foot forward, with a witty bio that reels off why you're great. But now, there's a new app in the game, aptly names Hater. They are "the first dating app that matches people on the things they hate", and it launches on the 8th of Feb.

The CEO Brendan Alper, a former Goldman Sachs employee who quit to become a comedy writer says that it was initially a sketch idea. He told TheCut "The more I thought about it, the more I thought 'hey even though this was a fun idea, it actually makes a lot of sense'".

There are over 2,000 topics you can have your opinion on, including Donald Trump, Gluten-Free, Butt Selfies and Taylor Swift as a person.

Jennifer Bosson, a social psychologist has found that "It's not that we enjoy disliking people, it's that we enjoy meeting people who dislike the same people". So, there's actually science to back up this new dating technique.

Hate slow walkers? Can't stand paying extra for guacamole? Well, maybe the love of your life does too. I mean, it's worth a shot, with Valentine's Day coming up and all...

Selena Gomez just made her relationship with the Insta Weeknd official. This is not a drill. The couple have been in Italy on a romantic break over the last few days, sightseeing in Florence and then Venice.

Selena posted a video, which she has since deleted, captioned with the heart eyes emoji. But why did she delete it? Our hearts can't cope with this teasing.

We're not 100% sure we're fully on board yet, as Selena has gone against some serious girl code by dating her mate's ex (Bella Hadid). But, they do look cute.